Gabrielle Roy Quotes

I believe that the arts make indispensable contributions to our understanding.

Language is like songs, like food, like dance-it is the expression of what we think.

Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication.

Art makes us human, music makes us human, and I deeply feel that science makes us human.

The need we have for information is great, and we get it from many admirable sources. The need we have for understanding and acceptance is much greater. The arts are uniquely able to help us meet the greater needs.

People forget that art is not just a piece of entertainment. It is the place where we collectively declare our values and then act on them. That's one of the most powerful things we have as a community: our culture and our art. And it's the intersection between life and how people deal with life. It's the most important thing we do.

Believing that navel-gazing in and of itself can transform itself into something that means something for society. I mean, we are communicative creatures. We desire to sort of understand each other's experiences and points of view. Storytelling is what painting, literature, filmmaking is all about.

My method is related to an attempt to do something that might be understood by today's world, or that could at least provide understanding. In other words, doing something I understand and that everyone understands. This natural desire for communication is also found in other domains, like reading and discourse, etc. I also hate repeating myself; it gives me no pleasure whatsoever. Once I've understood something, I need to start off on new ground.

Art is fundamental, unique to each of us...Even in difficult economic times - especially in difficult economic times, the arts are essential.

Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world.

Well, it's one of the things that will. Words are good, and words help us become the leading species on earth to the point where we are now ready to wipe ourselves off the earth. But I think that all the arts are needed, and sports too, and cooking, food, and all these different ways of communication. Smiles, looking into eyes directly, all these different means of communication are needed to save this world. But certainly a great melody

But what I'm very interested in, whether it's writing, whether it's hosting a show, whether it's cooking food, I'm just into the discussions of identity, culture and the politics of culture.

If you start trying to communicate ideas, I think you don't allow the audience to see themselves.

People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences.

There's a love that I want to continue to offer people. And, I hope I can offer people that love through the art.

With out art, without communicating, we wouldn't live beyond 30 because we'd be so sad and depressed.

I really value words. I really try to illustrate and let people draw their own conclusions.

Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.

I think one of my better gifts as a writer is empathy.

To help, to continually help and share, that is the sum of all knowledge; that is the meaning of art.

We all must support the arts, as it is our culture. It makes us better people. It makes us happy; it gives us empathy and shows us how to live. It is so important.

Fashion is part of our culture, and it's about more than just a pretty dress.

Communication is very important. And the arts do that, whether it's film or theater.

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.